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// KCDS · Childress Municipal Airport · Childress

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KCDS

Childress Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 160° / 9 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 29.4°C / 18.3°C
ALTIM 29.86 inHg
ELEV 1,954 FT
34.4338°N / 100.2880°W
LOCATION · Childress, US
N
WIND
160°9 kt
KCDS · 1,954 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
160°/9
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
29 / 18
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.86"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 160°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KCDS 130053Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM CLR 29/18 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP085 T02940183 $

KCDS · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 160° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.86" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 9 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
N
WIND
160°9 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable
17★ HDG 170° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,949'
22 HDG 220° H5 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends
04 HDG 040° T4 kt X8 kt RIGHT —
35 HDG 350° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 2,954 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +18°C

4,200FT
+2,246 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,954 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT2,010 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDHT (Dalhart Municipal Airport, Dalhart, elev 3,991 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+42%
-29%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+29%
-19%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+17%
-13%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 16,802 FT KCDS ELEV · 1,954 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL16,802 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:45ZSUNRISE
18:28ZSOLAR NOON
00:12ZSUNSET
00:37ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:53Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:37Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 27m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:07Z MOONSET01:34Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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